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In TB, however, there are no studies measuring serum IDO activity to determine its clinical significance. We evaluated serum IDO activity with 174 pulmonary TB (PTB) patients and 85 controls, using liquid chromatography\/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. IDO activity was estimated by calculating the serum Kyn-to-Trp ratio. PTB patients had significantly higher Kyn concentrations and IDO activity and significantly lower Trp concentrations (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001, and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001, respectively) than the controls. Of 174 PTB patients, 39 (22.4%) died. The patients who died had significantly higher concentrations of Kyn and significantly lower Trp concentrations, resulting in significantly higher IDO activity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001, and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.0001, respectively). In a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, serum IDO activity had the highest area under the curve (0.850), and this activity was an independent prognostic factor in multivariate analysis. 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